Metlife v. Glenn: How Much Did The Supreme Court Change The Standard Of Review In ERISA

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Metlife v. Glenn: How Much Did The Supreme Court Change The Standard Of Review In ERISA

A new MetLife blimp sailed into view last week, and this one

is likely to hover over the employee benefit playing field for

years to come. In MetLife v. Glenn, the Supreme Court

ruled that employers and insurers who both administer benefit

claims and fund the benefits in question face a conflict of

interest and that a reviewing court must take the conflict of

interest into account in deciding whether the administrator

abused its discretion.1 How much the Court's

decision will impact the standard of review in ERISA cases

remains to be seen.

How We Got Here

Nearly 20 years ago, the Supreme Court established the

standard for judicial review of benefit determinations by plan

administrators or other fiduciaries under the Employee

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974...

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